Healthy Pizza Dough Recipe: Three Cheese Veggie Pizza

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This Three Cheese Garden Veggie Pizza is loaded with fresh veggies and cheese and is made with a healthy pizza dough recipe.

Getting kids to eat their veggies can be tough. That’s why I’ve teamed up with Produce for Kids — a philanthropic organization that’s dedicated to educating families on the benefits of healthy eating with fresh produce, providing simple meal solutions and raising money for children’s charities.

The abundance of fresh produce this time of the year is incredible, whether from your garden, the local farmer’s market or the grocery store. Everything from corn, beans, tomatoes, blueberries, carrots, broccoli, peppers…I could go on and on. All of these bright colors and fresh flavors are so much fun to cook with.

This Three Cheese Garden Veggie Pizza is one of my favorite ways to get my son to eat more veggies. The crust is made from a healthy pizza dough recipe and it’s topped with a garlic-infused olive oil base. Then it’s piled with crisp, fresh summer veggies and topped with a liberal layer of cheese – actually it’s more like three cheeses!

The great thing about this pizza is that you can swap any veggies or cheeses that you have on hand. It’s perfect for family-style entertaining or a special weeknight meal. It’s also a great recipe for the kids to help with! They can knead the dough, chop the veggies (if they’re old enough) and assemble the pizza.

Produce for Kids is committed to educating families on the benefits of healthy eating and inspiriting parents and children to create nutritious meals together. They’ve partnered with the produce industry and local grocery store retailers to raise funds for children’s nonprofit organizations while educating families about the benefits of healthy eating with fresh produce. The best part (besides fruits and veggies, of course) – ALL funds raised stay local and go to area children’s organizations!

I shopped for my veggies at my local Price Chopper, but other grocery stores are participating too! Here’s a list:

Ahold’s GIANT and Martin’s Food Stores; Giant Landover, and Stop & Shop divisions
Associated Wholesale Grocers’ Major Savings, Advantage, Independent, Country Mart, Homeland and United divisions
Meijer Stores
Price Chopper
Publix Super Markets
Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc.’s Pick n’ Save, Rainbow Foods, Copps Food Center, Metro Market divisions.

Check your local grocery store’s produce department for the in-store signage about the program.

For the third year, Produce for Kids is also partnering with Sprout, the 24-hour preschool network. Sprout characters will be featured on in-store signage and will even be making appearances at select grocery stores across the country! Visit the Produce for Kids facebook page for additional details and locations.

Now, back to the pizza…this is as fresh as it gets. But the freshness doesn’t stop there! You can pair it my Caesar Salad and my Perfect Blueberry Pie for dessert!

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Three Cheese Garden Veggie Pizza

Ingredients

1 ball of pizza dough (recipe follows) or one 10 oz. package of refrigerated pizza crust
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves, pressed
½ cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1 medium tomato, thinly sliced
1 medium zucchini, thinly sliced
1 medium bell pepper, thinly sliced
1 cup broccoli florets
1 small onion, sliced
1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425ºF. Place pizza dough on flat pizza stone.
Shape the dough to fit stone and brush with olive oil. Spread garlic evenly over crust.
Bake for 5-7 minutes or until lightly browned; remove from oven.
Evenly spread cheddar cheese over the crust.
Layer zucchini, tomato, pepper, broccoli and onion over the Cheddar cheese.
Sprinkle Italian seasoning over the vegetables.
Top with mozzarella and parmesan cheeses.
Bake 15-18 minutes or until cheese is golden brown and bubbly. Cut into wedges; serve warm.